Oklahoma Ledger (Sterling, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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The Sterling Ledger
HARRY Q. BLOTT, Publisher
STIRLING OKLAHOMA
As Told in a
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Few Words
Good and Newsy Item*
of General Interest Con-
densed to Small Space
WASHINGTON
Citing the high cost of meat, a
treasury ruling is that government
money cannot be used to board cats
kept at various sub-treasuries.
Six Washington embassies, Danish,
Swedish, Norwegian, Brittish, Greek
and Ruasion—are in mourning for
King Frederick of Denmark, putting a
damp® on diplomatic social func-
tions.
Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell
and Robert B. Broussard, of Louisiana,
were elected by the state legislature
to the United States senate. Mr. Rans-
dell succeeds Senator Foster whose
term expires in 1913, and Mr. Brous-
sard will All the term beginning 1913
now held by Senator Thornton.
Pending further investigation, the
interstate commerce commission con-
tinued In suspension until December
14 next the proposed new classifica-
tion of freight rales In western terri-
tory. This new classification, known
ns No. SI, through a re-rating of hun-
dreds of articles would provide for a
material Increase in practically all
freight charges in the west.
Waiting ton,—The first step towards
committing the government to an-
other great engineering work was tak-
en when Representative Suiter, demo-
crat, New York, Introduced a bill
providing for the organization of an
Alaskan commission. The measure
was drawn by the secretary of the in-
terior, and Is an administration meas-
ure. Its chief purpose would be the
railroad and mlnerni development of
Alaska, and the bill provides for the
utilization of the equipment now being
'jjed In completing the Panama canal
DOMESTIC.
While a street piano played rag
time outside, Judge De Lacy suspend-
ed juvenile court in Washington, to
teach six prisoners how to play "run
sheep run.'
A terrapin, caught In Rockbridge
county, Lynchburg, Va., bears a cut
in its shell with the Inscription H.
Mora Brant and Nellie S. Day, July,
1*22.
George Miller, New York, charged
with burglary, was taken captive by
the police after a long chase In the
course of which he suffered five brok-
en toes and a fractured nose.
Two hundred miles of the Yukon,
Alaska, valley Is a seething holocaust
from forest fires Millions of feet of
lumber between Big Salmon and Stuart
City have been burned. So far the
fires have not threatened Dawson.
The scout cruiser Birmingham, the
first vessel of the let patrol, arrived
at her station off the Grand Banks,
and reported by Radio to Captain
Knapp, the naval hydrographer, an-
nouncing that she had spoken to the
liner Olympic in latitude 38 north and
that vessel had experldhced fair
weather and sighted no ice.
Rising from his seat In the church
in Savannah, (la., where his brother's
funeral was being held, kissing his
aunt and sister tenderly, Samuel Bran-
non a well known young farmer living
near Acree, Ua., walked outdoors and
blew out his brains In the church yard.
Since the death of his brother, John
Brannon, Samuel Hrannon has been
overcome with grief. Funeral prepara-
tions were hastily made and the two
brothers were burled side by side.
A new "snake"' car Jointed In the
middle, Is being experimented with to
solve the surface traffic problem of
Boston's crooked downtown streets.
Mrs. Daisy Ople Grace, formerly of
Philadelphia, Indicted at Atlanta. Oa.,
for shooting her husband, Eugene H.
Grace, with intent to murder, and
who was released from the county
Jail on a $5,000 bond, will remain at
the home of her former nurse, Mrs.
Lena Wilson, until her trial, probably
the latter part of June.
The Arizon* senate passed the
house bill modelod on the "Kansas
Blue Sky Bill," providing that no cor-
poration shall offer its stov'k for sale
to the public until the state corpora-
tion commission had declared In writ'
Ing ths.t such stock is a safe Invest-
ment. The bill now goes to the gov-
ernment.
y a rote or Kt to *4 The aa'hracl'e
a!aers a e~Med at Wlikesharr*. P*.
voted to ratify the tentative agreement
offered by the operators and to return .
to work at once.
Edith Davis. IT years old. bride of
a year, suing Edward E Davis. Mew
York, for divorce admitted on the
witseas stand that she made the pro-
posal of marriage
Mrs Margaret Tooke. Chicago, left
her pet cat with Charles A. Miner
1 hea she went away on a visit. The
case got into court when Miner want-
ed $13 board for 13 kittens.
Christian Loogee returned to his
wife and baby In Newark after 15
months end said that he had suffered
a lapse of memory. Work on a Geor-
gia cotton gin revived his memory.
Countess Eugenia Holdegrade von
Boss, who is devoting her time and
persona! fortune to the spread of the
universal peace movement, both here
and abroad, Is a member of the old
German family of Boss zu Wlldeck.
Elden Frixt, 30, on Friday shot and
killed his divorced wife and then him-
self. The killing occurred at fcbe
home of Fritz's father near Lodie, O.,
where the couple had gone to divide
some of their possession*.
Exercises were held at Farmlngton,
Mo., In dedication of the model high-
way recently .completed between St.
Louis and the Arcadia Country club
at Areadik, Mo. The road is more
• han 100 miles in length and was
constructed at a cost of about $85,000,
which amount was raised by popular
subscription.
William W. Brown, 22 years old,
shot and killed his sweetheart. Miss
Jennie Kelly, 17 years old, when he
met her on the street at Havanan, 111.,
and then killed himself with the same
revolver. Brown had quarreled with
Miss Kelly because Bhe had walked
with another young man. Brown was
a railroad telegraph operator.
Indiana University at Bloomington,
entertained the annual meeting of the
Mississippi Valley association. Sev-
eral hundred members and a number
of Invited guests were present at the
opening of the porceedings. Profes-
sor A. C. McLaughlin of the Univer-
sity of Chicago is the president of
the association.
Fred J. Southard, of Minneapolis, an
amateur aviator, fell 100 feet a£ the
Wright aviation field, Xenia, O., and
was instantly killed. Southard, who
was 40 years old, had Just bought the
aeroplane from the Wright brothers.
He obtained keys to the hanger after
he had been refused permission to
fly without further experience. He fell
just six minutes after he had begun
the first flight alone.
The injunction inhibiting the Nash-
ville baseball club from playing ball
in Tennessee stands until it is heard
upon its merits, but the odrer of
the chancellor placing the Nashville
baseball corporation in the hands of
a receiver is dissolved. This is the
decision of the Tennessee court of
civil appeals, announced in Knoxville
before which the case was taken on a
petition for a writ of supersedeas.
Isaac Cohn, a Memphis, Tenn., mer-
chant, is probably fatally injured as
the result of an attack made on him
in bis store in the business district in
broad daylight. The police say rob-
bery was the motive for the attack.
Cohn's throat was cut and his skull
fractured. He lapsed into uncon-
sciousness shortly after being dis-
covered by two negroes, whom the
police held as suspects.
Women are to vote In the presiden-
tial contest of this year in the States
of California, Colorado, Washington,
Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. The re-
publican presidential plurality In 1908
in California was 8ff,906, in Washing-
ton 47,351. in Wyoming 5,928, In Idaho
16,459, and in Utah 18,414 The re-
publican national campaigners are ar-
ranging to employ a staff of women
political speakers for these six states
this fall, and it is said the democratic
national campaigners contemplate a
similar step.
fO START CAPITOL
GOVERNOR CRUCK WILL THROW
FIRST SPADEFUL OF DIRT
BETTER FARMING METHODS
TAUGHT AT STILLWATER
JULY 4, 1911 DATE SET
BIG STATE CELEBRATION PLAN-
NED FOR THAT DAY
Meney and Land Turned Over to
State and Everything Ready to
Make Oklahoma City's Prom-
ises Good—Other News
Oklahoma City.—Unless circum-
stances arise which are not now
deemed even remotely possible, and
which must of necessity be in the na-
ture «f a visitation of providence, Ok-
lahoma City will have the state
oapltol building under way by July 4.
On that date, a statewide celebra-
tion is being planned by the local
Chamber of Commebrs to properly
ccfnmemorate the actual beginning
of construction work on the state cap-
ltol building. It will cost at least
$1,000,000 and from the present indi-
cations, it may cost double that, the
amount to be determined later.
Governor Lee Cruce will insert a
specially manufactured spade Into the
earth and bring forth a load of Okla-
homa City dirt. That will be the
start on the excavation for the new
capitoi.
In addition, the band, several of
theiii, will play; prominent men from
all sections of Oklahoma will make ad-
dresses; members of the local capltol
committee will make a detailed re-
port of their action and will suggest
how the proposition should be hand-
led in the future; and, finally, the cit-
izens will turn themselves loose in the
most approved and unrestrained man-
ner for a full holiday with parades
and addresses during the day and the
pyrotechnics at night.
To Work Out Details
At this particular time, a little more
than one month in advance of the
scheduled event, the Identy of those
who will be asked to participate, ex-
cepting Governor Cruce, is not known.
"I shall lend every encouragement
to the proposed celebration,'* declared
Governor Cruce Saturday. "I have re-
ceived $100,00'0 from the State Capitol
Building company, properly signed Vf
Mr. Colcord, president, and have also
received the deeds to much of the
land. There art but a few defects in
the remaining titles, but they are in-
significant and should in no wise in-
terfere with the beginning of con-
struction. I am in hearty sympathy
*<-ith the movement to hasten the
work, consistent with thorough and
economic preparation, I have not
agreed upon any plans or blue-prints,
nor have I contracted with' any firm
to supply these preliminaries. It has
not been my intention to accept the
plans of the first architect who might
present them—I shall take sufficient
time Jo properly consider all.'
Hundreds of women in Massachu-
setts are working to prevent the ex-
ecution of the death penalty on Mrs.
Lena Cusumano, Boston, who with
Harry Masclotl, Is sentenced to die
In the electric chair during the week
of June 2. for the murder of Mrs. Cus-
umano's husband. If the death pen-
alty is inflicted, Mrs. Cusumano will
be the first woman in Massachusetts
to go to her death In the electric,
chair.
Accompanied by his staff and sev-
eral state officials, Governor O. B.
Colquitt wont to Oalveston and par-
ticipated In the ceremonies attendant
upon the opening of the $2,000,000
concrete causeway, two miles long,
that Joins Galveston Island to the
mainland. A ^rowd estimated at
2,000 thronged the union depot to
greet the governor, who was almost
mobbed by the enthusiastic rush of a
crowd adorned with Colquitt buttons
and anxious to shake hands. The gov-
ernor was rushed to his hotel In an
automobile and remained in his room
to rest after the fatigue of the Jour-
ney.
Bank Assessment*
Oklahoma City.—The method of as-
sessing the property of a bank Is out-
lined by Attorney General West in an
opinion to County Attorney E. W.
Fagan of Sulphur. The attorney gen-
eral holds that the property of a bank
Is to be assessed fcocrding to the
net value of its capital, surplus and
undivided profits as they existed Jan-
uary 1. "eDpreclatlve paper and un-
earned interest," are elements among
others to be considered in determin-
ing what the net value is. The value
of the bank's loans or the good will
value of the stock is tc be considered
in determining the depreciation. "If
the net value of the bank is not equal
to the book value of Its capital, sur-
plus and undivided profits, such facts
should be imemldately reported to
this office," the attorney general says,
in conclusion.
CHOCTAW ADMITS SLAYING
Prominent Indian Surrenders at Hugo
After Killing Wife and Child
Hugo, Okla.—Will Everidge, son of
the late Colonel Jos Everidge, one of
th- most prominent Choctaws in Okla-
homa, came in and surrendered to
Sheriff Loftin Snday afternoon, ad-
mitting that he shot and killed his
wife and child at Eagleton, McCurtain
county, Friday night.
Everidge had been riding through
the woods all day Saturday and last
night, dodging the officers and Sunday
he decided to surrender. He tele-
phoned Sheriff Loftin from a farm
house near the city, telling him to
come and get him. Everidge had his
Winchester with which he slew his
wife and babe with him when he gave
up and he delivered the gun to the
sheriff.
Everidge made no statement but
said he had his business affairs ar-
ranged and was ready to abide by the
consequences of his crime. Sheriff
Loftin placed Everidge In Jail and no-
tified the sheriff of McCurtain county
that he had his man.
A. and M. College Reached 125,000 .
People This Year Is the Esti-
mate—Further Extension
Oklahoma City.—It is estimated by
Dean B. C. Plttuek of the extension
department of the state Agricultural
and Mechanical college that more
than one hundred and twenty-flve
thousand people have been reached
within the past ten months by means '
of the various workings of his de-
partment, each of which strives to
impress the Importance of better
faming methods. The work has
grown so heavy lately that Dean Pit-
tuck will devote all of his time to his
own department from now on, and
he left Wednesday night for a trip
to the agricultural colleges of Kan-
sas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Indi-
ana, where he will study their work
in the field and Incidentally endeavor
to get some good men for the Okla-
homa work.
In spite of the fact that the A. and
M. college graduates a class of sev-
enty this year and the academy j
schools a class of fifty-two, It seems j
to be necessary to go out of the state ;
for some of the working corps at the j
college, as every graduate steps right
into a position paying all the way
from $80 to $125 a month, and many
of them prefer the actuaV agricultural
work instead of teaching. The feder-
al department of agriculture is con-
stantly employing graduates from the
agricultural college, which is one of
the best recommendations that could
be asked for the work.
The work of the extension depart-
ment consists principally in the or-
ganization of boys' and girls' agri-
cultural clubs, the running of demon-
stration trains, the supervision of the
teaching of agriculture in the public
schools aid the summer encampments
of "short courses," five of which will
be held in Oklahoma this year. These
courses are six days long and experts
lecture on various phases of farm
life. A carload of the finest live-
stock owned by the college will be
taken to these different encampments
this year to demonstrate better meth-
ods of livestock raising.
TROUBLE IN CIA
SITUATION IN ISLAND REGARDED
AS CRITICAL
UNCLESAMMAY STEP IN
ARMY AND NAVY READY TO
CRUSH REBELLION
United States Will Intervene If Ne-
cessary, and Army and Navy
Preparing to ShaD* Up to
Crush RebeTTTon
Court Appoints Plum's Receiver
A petition was filed before Judge
John H. Cotteral in federal court Tues-
day by creditors of former mayor
Major W. M. Plum of Anadarko, ask-
ing an adjudication in bankruptcy and
the appointment of a receiver. The
adjudication has not been made as
yet, but Thomas Kearse of Anadarko,
was appointed receiver, and will take
charge of all of Plum's assets, pend-
ing the appointment of trustaes. It
has developed that the missing man
owned much more property than was
at first thought, deeds for a number
of pieces of real estate never having
been put on record. It was stated
that a considerable sum will be real-
ized from this property and paid to
Plums creditors.
Te investigate Complaints
Oklahoma City.—A. F. Howe, dairy
commissioner and R. D. McManus,
dairy inspector of the board of agricul-
ture, left for Sapulpa, Okmulgee and
Muskogee, where they will investigate
certain complaints concerning dairy-
men at these three places. The dairy
regulations provide that milk must be
delivered in bottles from wagons. It
Is complained by some of the dairy-
men that others are violating this reg-
ulation and deliver right from the can.
Washington.—Insurrection and dis-
orders In Cuba, which threaten the
life and property of Americans and
are believed by the United States to
be spreading beyonft the control of
the Cuban government, caused the
American government to take active
steps In preparation to cope with any
situation which may arise In the is-
land. Two divisions of the Atlantic
battleship fleet were ordered to take
on their full quota of marines, making
a total of 1,300 in additions to the 700
now enroute to Guantanamo, and
rendezous at Key West, ready to
move to Cuba at the instant their
presence is needed. A dozen war-
ships will be in the immediate vicin-
ity of Cuba within a few days.
The army Is prepared with an ex-
peditionary force of 15,000 men if it
is needed and jjlans for a campaign to
stamp out the rebellion prepared by
the general staff are ready to be put
execution at the call of the president.
The insurrection and the serious
labor troubles as a result of the re-
newal of the longshoremen's strike
are believed to warrant American pre-
paredness. Of the two, the disturb-
ances, which probably will arise at
the Cuban ports through the strikers'
operations, are believed to be the
more imminent and dangerous ele-
ments In the situation. In addition
to the halt of trade, the throwing on
the streets of large numbers of riotous
laborers and the privations likely to
follow the halting of water tarnapor-
tatlon, the Cuban government Is like-
ly to find Itself handicapped financial-
ly through the total suspension of
cusoms receipts which form the
principal revenues of tlxs island.
8chmitz Goes Free
San Francisco.—Judge Wra. P. Law-
ler dismissed the last twenty-seven
Indictments against ex-Mayor Eugene
E. Schmitz In the trolley and gas
cases. Schmltz Is now entirely freed
from the graft prosecution. Judge
Lawler read a long history of the case
In which he di'ylored the failure to
coiivict. The action was taken on the
ground that Schmltr had availed him-
self of the statutory right of demand-
ing a trial within sixty days.
Harmon Names Predecessor
Columbus, O.—Governor Harmon
appointed former Governor Andrew
L. Harris of Eaton, his predecessor,
to represent Ohio on the national
committee to arrange for the celebra-
tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg. The commission
will meet In Washington two days, be-
ginning May 27.
Two Paroles Granted
Oklahoma City.—Two paroles were
granted by Governor Cruce, one for
W. H. Walker, convicted in Oklahoma
county on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses. He was fined
$55 and given six months in Jail.
Tom Ratliff of Ellis county was fined
$1,050 and given 150 days in Jail for
violating the prohibitory laws. He
had served the Jai! sentence and agrees
to pay $200 of the fine before he is
released.
Coal Is Reviving.
Henryetta, Okla.—Coal operators in
this field are sanguine over the pros-
pects for a good coal trade the com-
ing season. The present high price
of oil has caused the cancellation of
many large contracts especially with
railroads who have been burning oil
and this will brang quite a large
tonnage to the Henryetta field. Local
operators point to the scarcity of both
gas and oil as an Indication that bus-
iness in this field will be good the
coming season. Last winter the twen-
ty mines In this field loaded about 125
cars daily and this output will be
greatly Increased this year.
Superior Judges Hold
Oklahoma City.—Membera of the
bar who aspire to be superior court
judges and who had hoped for the op-
portunity to make the race for that,
honor in the next election, will find
little comfort in an opinion by Attor-
ney General West who holds that the
supreme court decided the question In
the case of the State vs. Bre; kenrldge
from Tulsa county. Judges of the su-
perior court now In office will hold of-
fice until the second Monday in Janu-
ary, 1915. Their successors will be
elected on November 14.
Attending Hearing
Corporation Commissioner George
A. Henshaw and C. B. Bee, the com-
mission's rate expert, left for Chicago
to attend the hearing by the inter-
state commerce commission on the
order suspending classification number
51, In which are designated various
classes of freight which are handled
as commodities. Hearings will be con-
ducted In 8t. Louis, St. Paul and Chi-
cago for the benefit of shippers in th«
different sections of the country who
will argue against a raise In freight
rates authorized by the commission.
Boy Makes Successful Flight
Milaukee.—Farum Fish, a boy j
aviator, who left Chicago at 11:19
o'clock enroute for Milwaukee with a
consignment of silk for a local de-
partment store, landed here safely
in Lake Park at 1.25 o'clock and was
greeted "by a tremendous crowd.
When he reached Milwaukee, Fish
was flying at an altitude of 6,000 feot
and gradually descended during the
last live miles. He ran out of gaso-
line while over the city and volplaned
|or a long distance, making a perfect
landing.
Impaled On Pitchfork
Fort Smith, Ark.—While pitching
hay F. W. Crenshaw of Winthrop fell
on a pitchfork and received Injuries
which caused his death within ten
minutes. Three tines of the fork
penetrated his chest, one reaching
the heart. Neighbors found Crenshaw
In a dying condition. It is believed
he either lost his balanct or was at-
tacked with dizziness while standing
on his wagon pitching the hay into
his barn.
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